The Life History of a Star

For more than a year, fourteen-year-old Kristin uses her diary to record her confused thoughts about the physical changes brought on by adolescence and the emotional strain on her family of living with the 'ghost' of her beloved older brother who was physically and mentally destroyed while serving in Vietnam.Kristin uses her diary to record her confused thoughts about the changes brought on by adolescence and the emotional strain of living with the 'ghost' of her older brother who was physically and mentally destroyed while serving in Vietnam.